"Would you have preferred to have belonged to a different nation (culture), and which one?" "How many times does a certain hope (e.g., a political one) have to go unfulfilled before you give up that hope, and can you do this without immediately creating another hope?" "Would you like to be immortal?" "Is there a classless sense of humor?"

What do we lack to be happy?

Werkstattbühne

Whoever has money has power. And whoever doesn't will find it difficult to build a fortune. This was already the case in 1837 in London's Soho or in Brecht's Berlin - and it is no different today. Life without capitalism is no longer imaginable, and in a self-corrupting system, everything has become a commodity - love, morality, and misery. Businessmen and the police are just as criminal and devoid of morals as criminals and beggars - there is no distinction between the bourgeoisie and the crooks. The top and the bottom of society merge seamlessly into one another. What connects them is money, and good business probably justifies any immoral behavior.

The Threepenny Opera

Theater Bonn Opera House

When Donald Trump was first elected President of the United States in 2016, Elfriede Jelinek began writing AM KÖNIGSPEG (The Royal Road). In November 2024, two weeks after Trump's renewed victory, she published her epilogue to this royal road: FINAL VICTORY.

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On the Royal Road / Final Victory

Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg

Telling each other stories can be encouraging. It can distract from everyday life, from all the things that sometimes make life so difficult. Jonathan Löwe knows this too. That's why he tells his seriously ill little brother Karl, nicknamed "Krümel," stories about the land of Nangijala. Because that's where you go when you die. Nangijala is a fairytale land, Jonathan promises. A land full of legends and stories and, above all, a place where you experience nothing but adventures all day long. But completely unexpectedly, Jonathan dies before his brother when he saves Krümel from a burning house.

Wilhelm Eilers

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 28 - May 16, 2025

On the Royal Road / Final Victory · Theater Bonn

Apr 6 - Jul 9, 2025

The Threepenny Opera · Theater Bonn

Apr 15 - May 25, 2025

What do we lack to be happy? · Theater Bonn

Past events

Apr 15 - May 25, 2025

What do we lack to be happy? · Theater Bonn

Apr 6 - Jul 9, 2025

The Threepenny Opera · Theater Bonn

Future and recently performed repertoire

Smith / Pastor Kimball / Beggar in The Threepenny Opera by Weill

Theater Bonn

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